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Brilliant UFO abduction lamp.

Your blood puddle pillows are in.

Clean your dishwasher with Lemonade Kool-Aid.

Clever light bulb design.

Days Ago digital day counters are small gadgets that attach to your food containers via suction and magnets to keep a running count of how many days ago you put your leftovers in the fridge.

Scrabble furniture.

Handy way to skip all the intro crap on DVDs that is usually forced on you when you throw a disc in your player. Apparently the chapters on DVDs that you can't skip (FBI warnings, copyright stuff, etc.) are flagged, on the disc, as UOP, or User Operation Prohibited. This site lists some of the techniques you can try to skip the ennui.

This colour coordinated bookshelf looks cool, but you might have a hard time finding a particular title.

For chewie edge lovers or corner brownie fans - it's the Edge Brownie Pan. All edges, all the time. Via BoingBoing

Puzzle carpet.

This to That is a handy site that will tell you what adhesive to use when attempting to glue various objects together.

Super creative bathroom tiles.

Skinny house in Brazil.

Apparently there are many LED lightbulbs available already. Via TreeHugger

WiiRoomba. YouTube of a guy controlling his Roomba with a Wii remote.

Hardcore Lost fans have a party and repackage the snacks and beer as Dharma Initiative rations. Make your own with the PDFs that they've so generously shared.

Here's a nice set of home improvement videos with the energetic and snappy Eric Stromer.

Faucet Fountain turns your regular faucet into a drinking fountain.

Kids and the Home Office. Here's a list of tips for the parent that works from home.

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Best Return on Investment Home Improvement Tips

If you're about to sell your home, be sure to check out this list of the most cost effective home improvement tips that will help you maximize your return on renovation investment. These tips focus on the easiest upgrades that produce the best results, versus the returns you can expect from performing major renovations, such as kitchen renovations or flooring replacements, as previously posted here.

From the videos available on Homegain.com:

...thoroughly cleaning and removing clutter from your home can be worth up to five times what it cost you to do it."

Best Bang for the Buck Home Remodelling Jobs

Remodelling Online has some useful cost vs. value data which might prove handy if you're planning any remodelling work around the house. If resale is what you have in mind, wikiHow lists some great ways to inexpensively increase your home's value. Ditto for the Peacock. Some of these basements, on the other hand, probably weren't that inexpensive...
       



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